Horizons Project

Resisting Authoritarianism

Resources to read, watch, and listen to collated and recommended by The Horizons Project and their partners about resisting authoritarianism.

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Defending Democracy with Humor and Dilemma Actions Tactics

Explore how humor and dilemma actions empower pro-democracy movements by exposing authoritarian absurdities and fostering community resilience.

5 circles representing the 5 backfire principles against political violence. Each circle has a cut out black and white image and text. Circle 1 - 'Reveal' and camera. Circle 2 - 'Redeem' and butterfly. Circle 3 - 'Re-frame' and mirror. Circle 4 - 'Re-direct' and compass. Circle 5 - 'Resist' and cactus.|Report cover - Title reads 'HOPE Harnessing Our Power to End Political Violence 2024 Guide'. The letters HOPE are big and feature an aerial photo of an urban area with a river running into the distance. Another photo above the word HOPE is a pinkish sky with light clouds.|

Harnessing Our Power to End (HOPE) Political Violence

The HOPE guide is designed to help people counter political violence. It aims to empower individuals and strengthen communities to make political violence backfire against those who incite, threaten, and enact it.

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Organizing in Increasingly Repressive Environments: Pushing Against Criminalization

With the global rise of authoritarianism, civil society is experiencing an unprecedented crack down. Lessons from organizing against repression in Florida, Brazil, and Nicaragua.

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Mediation for Movements: Managing Intra-Movement Conflict

Explore how movements can manage internal conflict when it inevitably arises as they seek to build broad-based pro-democracy coalitions of active, passive, and unlikely allies.

Violence and the Backfire Effect

There are ways that social movements and organizers can handle violence to their advantage and why violence can backfire.

Bridge Building and Power Building: An Ecosystem Approach to Social Change

Better understand how the work of activists, bridge-builders, and organizers can reinforce one another as well as be in constructive tension.

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Authoritarianism: How You Know It When You See It

Understand the key attributes of authoritarian systems, how authoritarians wield power, and ways to counter it.

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